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 PUBLIC LAW 103-322—SEPT. 13, 1994 108 STAT. 1939 (2) in the case of a domestic violence shelter, the presentation to an appropriate postal authority of proof from a State domestic violence coalition that meets the requirements of section 311 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10410)) verifying that the organization is a domestic / violence shelter. (c) DISCLOSURE FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.— The regulations under subsection (a) shall not prohibit the disclosure of addresses to State or Federal agencies for legitimate law enforcement or other governmental purposes. (d) EXISTING COMPILATIONS.—Compilations of addresses existing at the time at which order is presented to an appropriate postal official shall be excluded from the scope of the regulations under subsection (a). CHAPTER 9—DATA AND RESEARCH SEC. 40291. RESEARCH AGENDA. 42 USC 13961. (a) REQUEST FOR CONTRACT.—The Attorney General shall request the National Academy of Sciences, through its National Research Council, to enter into a contract to develop a research agenda to increase the understanding and control of violence against women, including rape and domestic violence. In furtherance of the contract, the National Academy shall convene a panel of nationally recognized experts on violence against women, in the fields of law, medicine, criminal justice, and direct services to victims and experts on domestic violence in diverse, ethnic, social, and language minority communities and the social sciences. In setting the agenda, the Academy shall focus primarily on preventive, educative, social, and legah strategies, including addressing the needs of underserved populations. (b) DECLINATION OF REQUEST. —I f the National Academy of Sciences declines to conduct the study and develop a research agenda, it shall recommend a nonprofit private entity that is qualified to conduct such a study. In that case, the Attorney General shall carry out subsection (a) through the nonprofit private entity recommended by the Academy. In either case, whether the study is conducted by the National Academy of Sciences or by the nonprofit group it recommends, the funds for the contract shall be made available from sums appropriated for the conduct of research by the National Institute of Justice. (c) REPORT. —The Attorney General shall ensure that no later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the study required under subsection (a) is completed and a report describing the findings made is submitted to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives. SEC. 40292. STATE DATABASES. 42 USC 13962. (a) IN GENERAL. —The Attorney General shall study and report Reports, to the States and to Congress on how the States may collect centralized databases on the incidence of sexual and domestic violence offenses within a State. (b) CONSULTATION.— In conducting its study, the Attorney General shall consult persons expert in the collection of criminal justice data, State statistical administrators, law enforcement personnel, and nonprofit nongovernmental agencies that provide direct services

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